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ArnéHautes-Pyrénées

With 181 residents, it is a town in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie.

Is Arné a good place to live?

French towns are graded from 1,000 residents, which leaves Arné out for now. Second homes make up 15% of its housing. People aged 65 and over make up just over a third of residents.

What makes Arné stand out

The 2 things Arné does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Arné’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Arné’s story

2 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Arné, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1968.

34% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Arné.

Who lives here

Children make up only 9.3% of Arné, fewer than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and across compared French towns

Those aged 15 to 24 account for 7.1% of residents. People 65 and over make up just over a third of the town, above both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%). Line up the people of Arné by age and the one in the middle is 57.

57median age
ArnéHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma28%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Arné
ArnéHautes-Pyrénées medianFrance median
Under 159.3%14%17%
15–247.1%9.6%11%
25–4416%20%23%
45–6432%26%26%
65+35%29%22%
No diploma28%18%19%
CAP or BEP27%29%26%
Baccalauréat17%19%18%
Higher education24%26%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Hautes-Pyrénées median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Arné keeps more of its old housing than Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or compared French towns: 34% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Its oldest listed monument dates from prehistory. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Arné, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit2
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1968
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Arné has lower unemployment than Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns or compared French towns: 6.8%

7.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns (10.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs based in Arné number 50, against 100 residents in work (0.4 per worker). Also worth knowing: the median disposable income is €25,630 a year per consumption unit.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving81%
On foot4%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport1%
50
jobs based in Arné, 0.4 per working resident
6.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,630
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

96.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 6 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For the general bac, the closest lycée is 7.1 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.4 mi away.

96.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Arné96.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Notre-Dame de Garaison PrivateNearest collègeCollègeCollège8496%+6 pts
96.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +6 pts against the expected rate
1.4 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Arné costs less than in Hautes-Pyrénées’ towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.34/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

House rents are put at about €9.30/m² a month. Sales in Arné from July 2023 to June 2026: 5 houses and apartments.

€8.34/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Arné€8.34/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Hautes-Pyrénées median€10.24/m²
€8.34/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.74 to €10.33/m² a month)
€9.30/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Arné

12pages on Arné

Landmarks

The list names few of Arné’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Arné

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Arné yet.

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Arné’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Hautes-Pyrénées →
LannemezanMontréjeauSaint-GaudensLannemezanMontréjeauSaint-GaudensArné
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Arné181—————
Lannemezan5,8117.2C−ADC−
Montréjeau Haute-Garonne2,6487.6C−A−DD
Saint-Gaudens Haute-Garonne12,13912C+A−DC+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Arné

Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie

Arné is a commune of 181 people in the Communauté de communes du Plateau de Lannemezan. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.

Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries

Population
181 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Plateau de Lannemezan
Département
Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
Région
Occitanie
Area
3.2 sq mi (8.3 km²)
INSEE code
65028

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.